First Time Tutors / First Lesson

Are you embarking on your first ever tuition assignment and feeling a bit nervous? Everyone starts out being a bit unsure, even the most accomplished tutor. We have assembled a checklist from our experienced tutors to help you along.

What to bring

1. Photocopy of qualifications - Essential for all first lessons matched by Ace Tutors
2. Foolscap - to do all your scribblings on
3. Calculator - if you’re teaching maths or secondary science
4. Dictionary/Thesaurus - if you're teaching English or mother tongues
5. Stationary

Before the lesson

1. Revise on your topics. Make sure you're fresh with your concepts!
2. Call up the parent 1 day prior to lesson to confirm the timing
3. Plan your trip to arrive 5-10mins early. Don't aim to be just on time!
4. Plan your lesson briefly: are you going use your student's textbook to teach? How much homework to give at the end of the lesson? If there a need to buy assessment books?
5. Read the Ace Tutors Progress Card manual (sent to tutors of Primary1 to Secondary3 students)

At your first lesson

1. Introduce yourself; the schools you went to, your hobbies.
2. Ask how your student is doing. How is his school, how he did with the subjects
3. Set some subject and academic targets with your student
4. Enjoy the teaching experience!